nest

Betekenis (English)

1. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
2. A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
3. A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
4. A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
5. A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
6. A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
7. A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
8. A fortified position for a weapon.
9. A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
10. A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
11. An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
12. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
13. A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
14. (slang) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.

nest

nestelen

een nest maken

zich verschuilen

innesten

bird’s nest

build a nest

nesting place

draw close

erst

flash-house

breeding place

areatus

nestification

nidify

birdnest

bird ’s nest

murmuration

nestle down

build its nest

bird nest

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/nɛst/

Inherited from Middelengels

Inherited from Oudengels

Cognate with Engels

Inherited from Middelengels

Inherited from Oudengels

Cognate with Saterfries

Cognate with Nederlands

Cognate with Duits

In summary

From Middle English nest, nist, nyst, from Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”), literally "where [the bird] sits down", a compound of *ni (“down”) (whence also English nether) + the zero-grade of the root *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also English sit).

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